单词 | allumine |
释义 | alluminev. transitive. To light up, enlighten, illuminate; (also) to set alight. Cf. illuminate v. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > illumination > illuminate [verb (transitive)] onlighteOE enlightOE alemeOE alightOE lightOE belighta1200 lightena1382 clear1382 alightenc1384 lumine1387 clarify1398 shine1398 shed1412 beamc1430 enlymec1440 illumine1447 enlumine1481 illustre1490 enclear1509 elumine1532 illuminate1535 unshadow1550 illightena1555 allumine1570 eluminate1580 unnight1594 enlighten1595 to strike up1598 illume1604 luminate1623 illustrate1625 unbenight1629 emblaze1637 burn1712 alluminate1726 lamp1808 enkindle1870 1570 J. Gough tr. St. Augustine in Aunswer to Maister Fecknams Obiections ii. sig. Biiij If they haue liued godlyly, they ar not counted, that they seeke suche honours, but they would haue him to be worshipped of vs, who allumining them, do reioyce [L. quo illuminante laetantur]. 1772 W. Hooper tr. L. S. Mercier Mem. Year Two Thousand Five Hundred II. i. 2 It was a conflagration; but by our own hands was it designedly allumined [Fr. mais ce sont nos mains qui l'ont allumé volontairement]. 1805 W. Granger New Wonderful Museum III. 1431 There are extant, in custody of the Mercers, the original ordinances of Richard Whittington's charity..where, on the first page, is curiously allumined the said Whittington lying on his death-bed. 1869 Proc. Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons State Michigan 857 That noble band whose life is squared by Masonic measure; whose pathway is always allumined by truth and virtue. 1970 H. H. Scullard Scipio Africanus 242 in Ann. Amer. Acad. Hist. Polit. & Soc. Sci. 392 197/2 Kindled a torch which allumined the path which Rome was to follow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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